I Don't Need to Beg, They Should Be the Ones Afraid in the Future

"Li Ke? You, you..."

"Li Ke, what's going on?"

"Silco, aren't you going to explain yourself?"

"Goddess Janna, why don't you seem surprised at all?"

After hearing Jayce's words, Janna raised her wings and said, "I knew about this a day earlier than you."

Silco, standing to the side, retorted, "Explain? What am I supposed to explain? The person in question is right in front of you. Why don't you just ask him directly?"

Vander looked at Li Ke with a complicated expression. As a father, Vander really wanted to rush up and punch Li Ke in the face to vent his anger for the grievances Jinx had suffered this year.

However, Vander also knew that this was not Li Ke's fault.

Li Ke sacrificed himself for everyone, but now, just when everyone has accepted that he is dead and gone, he has returned.

"I know you have a lot of questions, like, I'm dead, why didn't I come back if I were alive, what have I been doing all year?"

"It would be too complicated to explain, so all you need to know is that I did die, but a Deity resurrected me."

For you, a year has passed, but for me, it's just the blink of an eye. In fact, I've only just woken up not long ago."

When everyone heard Li Ke say that the Deity had resurrected him, they all immediately looked at Janna.

"It wasn't me!" Janna screamed.

Why are you looking at me like that?!

If I could revive Li Ke, would I have been as heartbroken as you all back then?

Janna was genuinely angry. Having been a goddess for so many years, she rarely showed such emotional outbursts, but... but she was truly angry now!

Even though she had clearly stated that it wasn't her, these guys all looked at Janna with "I understand" expressions, nodded, and their faith in Janna deepened.

Okay, it's a good thing that there's more faith power, Janna is happy that these people like her, but it doesn't mean there are more scammers!

She didn't want any faith power obtained through deception!

"Ahem, not Janna, but another Deity," Li Ke said proactively.

If Janna is made to take the blame again, Janna 'll really get angry.

Even Li Ke himself is unaware of how many scapegoats he has made for Janna.

"Li Ke, do you know any other gods?" Heimerdinger exclaimed excitedly, "What do they look like? Where are they? Can we meet them?"

"That won't do, she's very busy," Li Ke said.

He interrupted Heimerdinger, who was about to ask another question, and said with a laugh, "Alright, everyone, anyway, I'm back. Now, let's have a meeting."

The members of parliament sat down excitedly and then began the meeting.

Jinx was outside the door, waiting for Li Ke to finish his Li Ke and come out.

She wanted to be with Li Ke all the time, but meetings were just so boring!

Rather than being stuck inside, unable to speak and listening to their meetings, it's much more fun to have fun outside by myself.

Hmm, does she seem to have forgotten someone?

Jinx lowered her head and began to think.

"Let me start. First, I think we need to sever ties with Noxus and prepare for war with the Noxians. To that end, developing weapons is our top priority right now."

Jayce spoke first, glancing at everyone before continuing:

"Jinx has developed many powerful weapons that I admire. She has combined Hextech and Chemtech in a brilliant way."

However, while her idea is sound and the experiments are progressing, there are still some areas we cannot achieve because the materials we currently possess are insufficient to fulfill her vision."

Jayce was referring to the remote-controlled killing machine army created by Jinx.

This requires too many materials, and some of them are simply not available in Piltover. Viktor found alternatives, but they could only be used for small robots. Larger ones would be unstable and would fall apart at the slightest movement.

"So I think we should engage with more countries now. Piltover has ties with many countries, and that's something I can do."

"We could even consider establishing diplomatic relations with Demacia; I'm very interested in their specialty mithril ore."

"But isn't Demacia supposed to be a closed-off country? They don't contact the outside world at all."

Silco shook his head and said, "No, in private, Demacia actually has a lot of business dealings with Zaun. In the end, Demacia's policies only have an effect on ordinary people."

Li Ke listened with great interest.

"Doing business with Demacia is fine, but forming an alliance with them will be difficult because we are too far from the center of Valoran. Demacia has always only allied with smaller neighboring countries. We are located near Noxus, so they will be wary of us."

"But in private, I think it's feasible to do some business with the Demacia nobles, slowly and steadily," Silco said to himself.

"I'll have Renata handle this. Jayce, just write down the necessary materials for me later, and I'll give them to her."

Jayce nodded. "Okay."

"Well then, it's my turn to speak." Marna stood up and raised several issues from the community at the meeting.

Marna highlighted several shortcomings of Zaun's current community system, arguing that while the system wouldn't cause problems in the short term, over time, the disparities between communities and the level of happiness among Zaunite would lead to community-based solidarity and fragmentation of other areas.

This is not good, but it's human nature, and it's hard to avoid.

Because when life is comfortable, people start to do many foolish things, and Marna observed these things closely.

Li Ke looked at Marna, who was speaking, with great surprise.

I remember that she was able to become a council member because Zaun needed a council member who could connect with the people and truly hear Zaunite voices. So, the very approachable Marna was nominated by the members of the Lian Hua Gang to become a council member.

But at that time she was timid and never expressed her own opinions, but a year has passed.

To this, Li Ke can only say that sometimes, human potential is indeed limitless.

"I understand that. Zaun will expand its territory in the future, including the land behind Piltover that originally belonged to Noxus. I think that's great; there will be more and more good places," Silco nodded and said.

Marna sat back down.

Heimerdinger stood up. "My turn! My turn!"

"Ahem, through my experiments, I've discovered that Hextech is less about borrowing magic and more about giving rise to it. Hextech actually uses the power of runes to generate the ability to use magic."

But this is really dangerous, so Viktor was right, Jayce, Viktor was right."

"Professor, I already know about this, and I know I was wrong back then," Jayce said speechlessly.

The Hexcore, the only one born from the millions of Hextech Gem created by Viktor, is now hidden underground in Zaun.

The rest are all normal Hextech Gem, but there's only one mutated Hextech, because even if you asked Viktor to make another one, he wouldn't know where to begin.

The fact that that thing could be manufactured is truly a coincidence within a coincidence.

"That's not all I'm talking about. I mean, inspired by Jinx and Jayce's ideas about Hextech, I've developed a new faction."

Heimerdinger stood on the chair and looked up. Seeing that everyone was still looking at him at eye level, he simply stepped onto the table and shouted, "Let Hextech magic give birth to life!"

"What does this mean?" Li Ke asked Heimerdinger.

"What I mean is that future Hextech will give machines life and self-awareness. Of course, I know this will be very dangerous, because if a machine goes out of control, an ordinary person can't stop it."

Heimerdinger clasped his small hands together and continued, "So we can inscribe his mission on the runes: to protect Piltover and Zaun. This is the future mission of Hextech Life Sciences."

"Wait a minute, Professor, you didn't actually create a dragon, did you?" Li Ke asked, looking at the excited Heimerdinger, as if suddenly remembering something.

No way.

Has Heimerdinger somehow figured out how to build Hextech Tyrannosaurus?

No, if that thing were actually developed, wouldn't the combined fighting power of the two cities skyrocket?

You should know that in Teamfight Tactics, a fully upgraded Hextech Tyrannosaurus is far stronger than a three-star four-cost unit!

"Huh, Li Ke, how did you know? I don't think I've ever told anyone. Oh well, Li Ke, you're right. I have been researching it, but... cough, I've only made a little progress so far."

"Professor, I agree with your idea, but I don't support giving machines life and self-awareness." Li Ke paused, thinking of Blitzcrank, and then changed Li Ke tune. "They could have it, but they couldn't be mass-produced."

"When machines develop self-awareness, our generation might not be affected, but as time goes on, they will only become more and more uncontrollable. Machines were originally created to serve humanity, but with self-awareness, it's hard to say that they won't question their mission and develop other ideas in the future, right, Professor?"

Heimerdinger was taken aback by Li Ke's words, then frowned, lowered his head, and finally nodded to Li Ke: "Yes, Li Ke, you're right."

"I almost forgot, because of my long lifespan, that you humans are not immortal beings."

Heimerdinger sat back down and remained silent throughout the rest of the meeting, seemingly deep in thought about his new invention.

Vander also stood up and talked about Zaun's military system, but because Zaun's population was still too small and many places needed manpower, the size of the army could not be expanded.

But there's nothing that can be done about it; after all, Zaun used to be poor, chaotic, and disorganized.

However, the problem raised by Vander is actually the easiest to solve, because once the Zaunite are happy, the environment is safe, and they don't have to worry about the future, they will naturally have children.

After all, even the Zaunite) have something to say: It's not that we don't want to have children; it's that we can't!

If you can't even guarantee your own livelihood, then how can you be expected to take responsibility for a child's future?

Furthermore, didn't you hear Silco just say that he's going to use the land in the rear to build New Homeland for Zaun?

After the councilors finished explaining their respective responsibilities, everyone looked at Li Ke.

"What are you looking at me for? I just got back, I don't know anything." Li Ke looked at them and said speechlessly.

Silco spoke up, "Li Ke, what do you think we should do with Noxus?"

"What should be done?"

Silco said in a deep voice, "Whether it's Zaun or Piltover, the councilors of both cities agree on making Noxus their enemy, because wolves only become fearful when fought, and the two cities have now come up with three feasible routes."

"First, we should try to befriend Noxus and use some money to buy time to develop our strength."

"Secondly, we can participate in the Noxian-Ionian War, launch a surprise attack on Noxus's rear, create trouble for them, and leave them in a stalemate, unable to retreat or fight. Of course, this will also buy us time for development, but doing so will also result in significant losses for us."

"Third, a high-profile and complete rejection of any cooperative dealings with Noxus."

As Silco spoke, he pursed his lips. This last point was also the opinion of Jayce and the other Piltover councilors.

Because Piltover is situated on higher ground while Zaun is on lower ground, Piltover is more afraid of Noxians attack. After all, if Noxus were to attack, Piltover would be the first city-state to suffer.

This is also one of the reasons why Piltover fully supports Zaun and sincerely assists Zaun after Li Ke's disappearance.

It's worth noting that Noxus and Zaun used to have a lot of black market dealings, involving weapons, potions, Chemtech, ores, and all sorts of business exchanges.

So, to be honest, the people of Piltover are terrified that Zaun will abandon them and choose to side with Noxus.

As for Piltover making the first move to show goodwill?

Damn it, Noxus is full of bandits and Piltover is like a beautiful woman dressed in gold gauze and adorned with all sorts of precious ornaments in front of them. What's the difference between going there and giving it away?

Noxus is kind if even the bones that aren't swallowed are gone!

Therefore, they knew that only by making Zaun completely refuse to cooperate with Noxus and stand firmly against Noxus could Piltover be guaranteed.

Jayce hated politics, and he did indeed come to like Zaun, but his heart remained with Piltover, so he nervously looked at Li Ke.

Li Ke chuckled and said:

"Then let's go with the third one."

"Starting today, Zaun will refuse all contact with Noxus, and all Noxians in Zaun will be Zaun within three days, and they will also be forbidden from entering Piltover."

"Tell them to get back to where they came from."

"We should be high-profile! They're too busy to attack us right now. As for sending some weaklings, Vander and I can handle that. So why are we afraid of them?" Li Ke slammed his hand on the table and continued:

"Ladies and gentlemen, we don't need to be subservient to powerful nations. In the future, they are the ones who should be afraid."

We'll see.

The barrage of artillery fire will make the era of cold weapons and magic a thing of the past.

Of course, monsters and Demigod are an exception; they are not within Li Ke's consideration.

But even the most skilled mage or the strongest warrior, facing hundreds of cannonballs flying from afar, wouldn't you die?

Oh, if you don't die, then you're fucking awesome!

Li Ke wasn't exaggerating. Perhaps Valoran belongs to Demacia and Noxus now, but in the future, the most dazzling city in Valoran will definitely be the Twin Cities.

Piltover evolved rapidly over three hundred years, ushering in an era of magical technology.

Zaun also spent three hundred years steadily developing and creating the Shimmer Chemtech.

But this is just the beginning. Just as it took a century for humanity to transition from the steam age to the electrical age, the time required to transition from the electrical age to the information age has been greatly reduced.

Technological advancements will accelerate all of this.

Piltover is just a small city-state, but its productivity is already comparable to that of the entire nation of Noxus, while Zaun is also developing rapidly.

Existing productivity and future potential limits—these two points alone are enough for Li Ke to say that Twin Cities is the best city.

Noxus or Demacia, let's see who will be the strongest nation on the continent of Valoran in the future.

Come on, just you wait!